Jul 24, 2016 : TTS Consortium (headed by Prof. Hema Murthy and her team) has developed a Text-to-Speech tool (TTS) tool in six regional languages.

Prof. Hema Murthy and her team from IIT Madras that heads the Text-to-Speech (TTS) Consortium alongwith TDIL and DeitY has developed a TTS tool in six regional languages (Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali) that is functional on SMS, WhatsApp, email and web browser. The TTS has been successfully integrated within the Regional Operating System ‘Indus OS’ and has been launched with two Micromax models - Unite 4 and Unite 4pro. More brands are expected to launch the Indus OS soon.